xiii, 593 pages : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

The beginnings of African history -- Africa in the ancient world -- The states of the western and central Sudan -- The cosmopolitan world of East Africa -- The West African forest civilization -- The great migrations -- The coming of Europe -- The genesis of modern Africa -- Religion and empire in western and central Sudan -- The eastern Sudan : Egyptian expansionism and the Mahdist revolution -- Population explosions in southern Africa -- West Africa and Europe's humanitarian revolution -- Commerce and statecraft in eastern and central Africa

The partition of Africa -- Early nationalist stirrings in West Africa -- The foundations of progress and poverty in southern Africa -- Colonialism and nation making in East Africa -- Between two World Wars : nationalist frustrations in West Africa -- In the heart of darkness -- The two societies of southern Africa -- Toward independence -- Independence economics -- States and nations -- Disintegrating citadels in the south -- African cultural independence : ideals and complexities

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